Michaelangelo Conte/The Jersey JournalFormer Jersey City residents Susan Kolb, center, and her husband Gary, right, whose dogs Jumba and Imani have been cited as dangerous, appear with attorney John Nulty before Jefferson Township Municipal Court Judge C. William Bowkley Jr. on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. New charges that the dogs were not muizzled outside their enclosure may put the dogs' lives in jeopardy a third time.

The former Jersey City couple who own two dogs that committed violent Downtown attacks entered not guilty pleas today in Jefferson Township, where new charges may put the dogs' lives in jeopardy a third time.

Susan and Gary Kolb were formally charged before Jefferson Township Municipal Court Judge C. William Bowkley Jr. this afternoon after having been cited for failure to muzzle the large South African Boerboels -- Jumba and Imani -- on Oct. 18.

The Kolb's dogs, Jumba and Imani.

Earlier this year the Kolbs saved the dogs from possible euthanization for a second time by agreeing in court to move them out of Hudson County. They relocated to Jefferson Township and promised to comply with the state's dangerous dog regulations, which requires the dogs be muzzled when not in their enclosure.

The judge may have to recuse himself from the case because he signed the order to impound the dogs after the Kolbs were issued summonses. Today, Bowkley set Nov. 17 for the prosecution and defense to file briefs on their positions on whether he should recuse himself.

Finally, Jefferson Township Municipal Prosecutor James LaSala said today that the kennel where the dogs are being held is not suitable for a stay of more than two weeks.

If the charges have not been resolved by Nov. 17, the next issue to be addressed is where the dogs will be held until the matter has been adjudicated.